How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?

[Tollef Fog Heen]

Kilz _ skrev:

> This isn't a why my wireless card isn't working. This is why isn't 
> something setup to work that can be. You are also assuming that another 
> user is going to be able to solve what you think is a problem. When in 
> fact the problem is that the applications being included in the 64bit 
> version do not work. When in fact I am the one that is trying to make it 
> "just work" for users.

It does work, it just doesn't include support for other architectures. 
Do you consider the lack of a qemu-wrapped firefox for PowerPC a bug 
making the platform unusable?  If you need support for i386 binaries, 
run an i386 distribution.

> A 32bit office suit was 
> made available. Are you suggesting that more people use office 
> applications than browsers?

We have a fully-working browser on amd64.  It works just fine for me and 
I use it for hours every day.  Openoffice.org was not available for 
amd64 until recently (or had very serious stability problems).  I was 
not happy about how we did the Openoffice.org packaging -- it was a hack 
and I am happy that it is gone.  If you wish to help make 32 bit 
applications work on amd64, I suggest you read up on my multiarch papers 
  as well as the documents available from 
http://multiarch.alioth.debian.org/ and implement the suggestions there.

> Sadly I don't think for one second the developers want to increase 
> Ubuntu use on one of the growing segments of computer users. 64bit 
> system owners.

Get real.

- tfheen